Safety-pin



(No Model.)

DE VER H. WARNER. SAFETY PIN.

' No. 493,572. Patented Mar. 14', 1893.

Uivrrno STATES PATET Fries.

DE VER H. IVARNER, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,372, dated March14, 1893. Application filed November 15, 1892. Serial No. 452,071. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DE VER H. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing atBridgeport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporting Pins, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of safety pins provided with devicesfor connecting with a tape or other suspensory, that supports a stockingclasp or other device, or a garment and my invention consists inconstructing a supporting safety pin as fully set forth hereinafter, soas to facilitate its construction, secure increased efficiency andreduce the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedsafty pin illustrating one construction. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3isa side View illustrating a modification. Fig. 4 is a cross section onthe line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side view illustrating anothermodification; and, Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66, Fig. 5.

The pin A consists essentially of a strip of wire bent to form a springcoil, 2, and two arms or bars, 1, 4, the end of the arm, 4, beingsecurely affixed to the socket piece 3, while the end of the arm, 1, issharpened and adapted to catch beneath the lip, 7, of said socket pieceas in safety pins in ordinary use.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower arm or bar, 4extends directly between the coil, 2, and the socket piece, 3, but inthe other constructions, the said bar is bent downward to form a loop 5having a cross bar, 8, and two side bars or rods, 9,9.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the loop 5 and its side barsconsist of a separate rod or wire independent of the arm, 4, and securedat one end to the socket piece and at the other formed into an eye forthe passage of the bar, 4. In either case the loop 5 forms an integralportion of the pin. A preferable construction is that in Fig. 3 wherethe side bars are bent in forming two folded fingers i, 'i.

In combination with the loop 5, I have a movable bar, 10 which as shownin Figs. 1 to 4, is a wire bent to form two eyes, 12, 12, each of whichreceives one of the side bars 9, so that the bar, 10, will slidevertically upon the bars, 9, 9, to and from the cross bar, 8 of the loop5. This permits a band or strip, or tape, X, that is attached to agarment or stocking supporter or other device to be carried over thebar, 10, from one side and then down and beneath the bar and between itand the cross bar, 8, as shown in section in Fig. 4, so that any draftupon the tape, X, only tends to draw the bar, 10, more firmly toward thebar, 8, clamp the bend of the loop of the tape and hold it firmly inplace. At the same time, if it is desired to change the position of thetape, this can readily be done by drawing upon the end, y thereof, or bylifting the cross bar, 10, and drawing upon the other portion of thetape. When the fingers 2,1, are in the structure they keep the web fromslipping whatever may be the positions'of the parts.

In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the movable bar, 10, swingsto and from the bar, 8, instead of moving vertically, the said bar, 10,being part of a yoke a, having eyes 6, e, that encircle the ends of thebar, 4. In this case as in the other any draft downward upon the tape Xonly tends to press the bar, 10, closer to the bar, 8, and bind the tapeso that it will not slip under the tension applied to it.

By making the loop 5 an integral portion of the pin, as above described,I secure a rigid support for the movable bar 10, and facilitate andreduce the cost of manufacture.

It is preferable to bend the side bars as shown, so that the plane ofthe side bars is at an angle to the plane of the bars 1, 4, that whenthe pin is pinned to a corset, the web will be in a parallel line withthe slide and the bar, 10, to secure the best grip.

In some instances, I prefer to support a second bar, 13, below the bar,8 to hold the parts of the web in the same relative position to theslide and pin whatever position the article may be in.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I In testimony whereof I have signed my claim name to thisspecification in the presence of ID A safety pinconsisting of a strip ofwire two subscribing witnesses. bent to form a coil, 2, pointed pin bar,1, and DE VER IL WARNER 5 a pendent loop, 5, having side arms, 9, 9, and

a cross bar, 8, and a socket piece, 3, and a Witnesses: movable bar, 10,parallel to the M1 8, sub- F. S. ANDREWS, stantially as and for thepurpose set forth. GEORGE S. HILL.

